Improvement in apparatus tor oiling wool



THOMAS A. CAMPBELL, OIF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 98,922. dated January 18, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR OEING WOOL.

The Schedule referred to in theco'lsettus Patent and making part of the sama.

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS A. CAMPBELL, of the cityy, county,.end Stute of New York, have invented s new and useful Improvement in Devices for Oiiing "Wool, and other fibrous material, in cnrding and othei4 machines, `of which the following is s full, clem,v

and exact description, reference being had tothe occompnnying drawing, forming part of this specification,

and in which- Figure 1 represents n plan' view of a device or apparat-us constructed in accordance with my improvement; y

Figure2, a transverse section thereof, through the v line z :c in iig. 1; and

Figure 3, an end view of a. compresser or pair of compressing-plates employed in supplying the oil to a revolving brush o'r sprinkler, with motion att-ached for operating said compresser, or the one pl'ate thereof.

Similar letters of reference iuicate corresponding parte.

My improvement rclntes to devices or apparatus for the sprinkling of oil in n. line and unii'orni manner on the wool, or other fibrous materials, for operation in connection with eenling and other machines:

The invention embraces ,cnovel manner, or means thereor, of supplying the brush or sprinkler with t-hc oil, whereby the use ot'rollers or litting-mechanism, operating by adhesion for scid purpose, is dispensed with. In such connection, the invention includes a compressing-plate or pistes having a squeezing-action, and a pad or pads and cushions to the acting-surface or surfaces thereof.

Likewise, the inventirf. comprises s certain and advantageous combination and arrangement of nu oilf' tank with said couipressing-plates, and drip-way to'prcvent waste.

When the apparatus is applied to o coming-engine, it may be set on the feed-table thereof, and the wool he conveyed by an apron, over which the apparatus is arranged, and where it may be secured to the sides of the food-table. 1i' applied toe picker, it may he lo 4cated at the deli\'eryport ion thereof.

` .En the accompanying drawing- A represents the oil-tank. und B, the revolving brurh or sprinkler, which is driven hy a pulley, a,

On the lnush-shnft o is anl eccentric, c, for commu ncating motion, by a Vstrop and rod, d, and arm or crank, e, to n shalt, f, arranged over the trink, and which serves, as it is rocked, to operate, .hy nrms g, and link-rods h, the oiHitting device, which is kmade np'of compressing-plates, C U', the one (C) ot'v which only need be made to movc'ou side orcnd hearings si, in adjnsinbie connection, by screws und slotted arms These plates C C' are set in moderately close relation to each other, inclining yupward from the rear of the tank, and dip at their lower cdges,which may be bent, into the oil in the tank.

The upper or working-plate C is faced with s. pad or cushion, k, 'of cloth or other suitable material.

By the arrangement of the plates C C', and that of the studs or bearings 'i i, near the upper edge of the working-plate, as shown, said working-plate O, when lifted, allows the oil in the tank to enter or dow betwccn the plates C C', which are then opened bclw Y and closed above.` In the downward movement of the plate C, this position ofthe plates is reversed, that is, they are closed below and opened above. Such double action oi' the upper plate, relatively to the lower one,

produces :t squeezing-action on thev oil, the squeezing` or compressing-action taking piace when the upper plate orportion thereof Abelow its bearings is depressed, and which compression causes the oil,previously caught and held in between the plates, to be dcliverediu a tine or thin film outof, or from between the upper edges of the plates. vThe pod or cushion k aids in producing lift on the oil during the reverse movement of the upper plete, and retention of the sume between the plates during the return-action of said upper piste,

which opens above, to deliver oil, when it closes below, and rice versa.

The fencing or compressing-notion of the pint-es C O being continued, n ircc or full supply of oil is kept up to the revolving brush B throughout its entire length, the quantity being regulated by the adjustment of the plates rclativeiyto ench other, and stroke oi' the working-plate. The brush, thus supplied, is so arranged, that the outer portions of its bristles are caused to impiuge on the projecting lip or upper edge of the lowcr plate C', whereby the ioil, as the brush revolves, is formed into fine spray, and thrown upon the wool passing beneath.

The lower plate C' is miscd above thc .odge of' the odin-uk, and so set as to allow the drip, if any, to 'return into the tank, to again mix ith the contents thereof', und should the brush not trike up :di the oil forced up between the plates C C", or delivered by them, suchsnrplus is caused to flow back over the top or working-pinto, which is 4bevellcd on its upper edge, and beyond which the lower plate projects, the oil thus returning to the tank, mixing with the co tents of thc lattcr, and keeping the body oi' oil' well mixed. i The drip-way, und provision for thc rcturnof the surplus oil, also prevent waste of the same.

Otcoursc, other liquids, besides oil, may be worked in like Ymnner by the apparatus;

What is here claimed, :ind desired to be scoured by.

J ."itcrs Iatcni;'is

; The coinoninth n of compressing-pictos, :ii-ting as oil or liquid-lifters from the tank, in the manner de-v scribed, with a revolving brush or sprinkler of the oil or liquid thus lifted, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a pad, k, with the compressing-plates C C', or working-plate thereof, when arranged und operating essentially as described.

3. The combination, construction, and arrangement,l

relatively to each other, of the compressing-plates C C', and thetank Awhereby dripping or surplus supply of oil or liquid is returned to the tank, and the mixing of the contents of the latter kept up, substantially as specied.-

'- THOMAS A. CAMPBELL. Witnesses:

FRED. HAYNES, HENRY PALMER. 

